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Thoronet Abbey


Thoronet Abbey - Var - France
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The Thoronet Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in the department of Var in Provence, France. The Thoronet Abbey was founded in 1120 from Mazan Abbey, and was one of the Cistercian abbeys known as the "three sisters" of Provence (the others were Senanque Abbey and Silvacane Abbey).

It was suppressed in the French Revolution, but the impressive buildings were bought back by the state in 1854 and have since been preserved.


Le Thoronet :
To visit the Thoronet Abbey, the most beautiful of the three Provencal sisters, take the A8 motorway in the direction of Nice then the D79, direction Thoronet (exit Le Luc). Possibility to have something to eat at the kiosk located in the abbey´s parking lot.

Open :
From 01/04 to 30/09 : 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m,
From 01/10 to 31/03 : 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Closed :
Between 12 a.m. and 2 p.m. the Sunday, and the 01/01, 01/05, 01/11, 11/11, 25/12.

- Entrance 6,50 €.
- Free
- 18 years.
- Group (+ 20) : 5,30 €.
- Reduced Prices (18 to 25 years) : 4,50 €.

Mass sung by the Bethleem sisters every Sundays at 12 a.m.

Map of Thoronet - Map of Var - South France


Phone : +33 (0)4.94.60.43.90 - Fax : +33 (0)4.94.60.43.94

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